A few U.S. Open notes
Just because I'm doing into Isner withdrawal ...
Actually, speaking of The Big Izzy, he's got a pretty impressive list of losses building up. Hear me out.
So far in five ATP tournaments, Isner is 8-5. His last four losses have come to David Ferrer (twice), Andy Roddick and Roger Federer. After Ferrer knocked off Rafael Nadal last night, all four of those men had reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals. Pretty impressive.
Speaking of Ferrer, I was very impressed by his game when watching him last night, but woefully disappointed that, when he's in the midst of a match and covered in sweat, he doesn't look nearly as much like Fabio as his ATP photo would suggest.
One other random note. I was scanning the schedule of today's matches and noticed that in the girls singles draw there was an American named Coco Vandeweghe playing. Pushing aside the obvious Seinfeld connection (Coco! Coco! Coco!), I then thought of former NBA player Kiki Vandeweghe. I mean what are the odds that someone share that same uncommon last name nad also have a first name made up of two, short, repetitive syllables?
So I did a little research and found out that Kiki is indeed Coco's uncle and that Coco has a very bright future in tennis.
Let's just hope her on-court defense is better than Uncle Kiki's.